There's Soy in What?!

05/14/2012 02:25 EDT
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07/14/2012 05:12 EDT

I know that my readers get their vegan underthings in a tangle whenever we hate on soy over here. I know. I understand. It goes beyond dietary choices, and to animal rights and cries for compassion. The point we continue to try and make however, continues to be missed, or misunderstood. We're not saying you have to up and start chowing on the farm animals if that's just not your thing. Allow this to be another attempt to help you understand why soy does not need to have a conscious place in your diet.

As many argued with past posts, there are claims of health benefits, claims of it being better than that, claims that it's high in protein, that it's easy, convenient, affordable and all that jazz. The thing is, when we buy our tofu, tempeh, soy milk, soy cheese, soygurt, faken bacon, veggie dogs and oddly beloved and well defended (which I will never understand) Tofurkey, we know we're eating soy. We're making the choice to eat soy and everyone is free to make that choice as often as they choose. Though I would warn that making that choice too often could result in man-boobs in our gents, and totally whacked out hormonal imbalances in our women, as well as support GMO crops if we're not ensuring organic goodness- still, the choice is yours.

I, personally, avoid soy on a daily basis. I have great reason for this. It is in absolutely EVERYTHING!